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General Notes

Five canons of rhetoric:
  • Invention
  • Arrangement
  • Style
  • Memory
  • Delivery
Three branches of rhetoric:
  • forensic (legal matters, focused on determining what happened in the past)
  • deliberative (political matters, focused on determining what to do in the future)
  • epideictic (ceremonial occasions, focused on strengthening shared beliefs in the present)
Three modes of persuasion:
  • Ethos (appeal to credibility)
  • Pathos (appeal to emotion)
  • Logos (appeal to reason)

Course Information

Rhetoric and Culture
ENG 552-001
MO 204
T 6:30–9:15

Instructor Information

Dr. Jeremy Tirrell
tirrellj@uncw.edu
Office: MO 161
Office Hours: TR 12:00-2:00 (and by appointment)